What are your thoughts on Bagpuss, the soft furry catpuss?

[shereads]

25 years ago, we all watched Barbapapa.

Good lord. What were those things?

 

[snooper]

<Now trying frantically to think of a children's television character that would account for the election of Teflon Tony>

The Earl

It was a dastardly plot by Garfield. I know because Ermintrude told me.

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Re: Oh sorry

Sounds awfully queer to me.

I kept thinking you were putting me on about the steam radio. I cannot recall ever hearing of such. Just how old is Ogg?

your Perdita

Age? I was very old when Noah built his Ark.

Steam Radio? When electricity was only for townies, people in rural areas had radios powered by lead acid batteries like those used to start cars. The batteries in those days were crude and needed recharging once a week. Kids had little wooden trolleys to take the battery to the village garage who would start up a stationary oil engine to charge the battery (or exchange the battery for a charged one).

If a local farmer had a steam traction engine, he could attach the canvas drive belt to a bench mounted dynamo and charge the battery. The farmer would do that at the end of the working day to use the heat left when the traction engine was cooling down. Farmers would charge less than the garage because they were making cash in hand from power that would otherwise be wasted. If a kid used a farmer to charge the battery the kid might make a few pence saving. Some kids (and farmers) made reasonable money charging batteries. If there was no garage the farmer was the only way to get power for your radio.

The capital investment was the battery charger. They cost about £90 in the 1920s but the capital cost could be recovered in the first year.

If you had a crystal radio set then you didn't need batteries.

Og

 

[minsue]

Thanks Lou!! My curiosity is satisfied and now it won't keep me up nights!

He is indubitably a soft furry catpuss.

- Mindy

 

[oggbashan]

Definition of Purgatory...

Doomed to remember:

The Smurf Song

The Wombles of Wimbledon Common

"Here comes Muffin, Muffin the Mule"

Andy Pandy comes out to play

Sooty and Sweep



Don't mind remembering Bagpuss and the Mouse Organ, The Clangers, Captain Pugwash, Trumpton, Pingu and of course Dylan the beatnik rabbit of The Magic Roundabout.

Did you know that the Magic Roundabout was originally French and boringly conventional? The British translators scrapped the whole script and wrote their own from the cartoon film with the sound turned off. Their version was so successful that it had to be translated back into French and then was a success in France.

Og

 

[Guest]

Re: Definition of Purgatory...

Did you know that the Magic Roundabout was originally French and boringly conventional? The British translators scrapped the whole script and wrote their own from the cartoon film with the sound turned off. Their version was so successful that it had to be translated back into French and then was a success in France.

That's brilliant, very post-moderne .

Perdita

 

[oggbashan]

More Post-moderne:

The Asterix cartoon books were translated into English but the translators didn't attempt to translate the French puns - they used English ones. Then French children wanted English versions of their French Asterix because the English ones were funnier.

Now Asterix is available in French, English, Spanish, Dutch, German, Portuguese and LATIN

Serious collectors want all the versions because the jokes change with the language.

Og

 

[Guest]

As talk of what influenced Tony Blair in his youth has been made on this thread, I've chosen it to post this pic. (Didn't want to bother with a politico thread .)

Perdita

 

[Dirt Man]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Bananas in Pyjamas.

Why is it that we subject our kids to stupid rolemodels? Don't we want them to mature?

Children's programs can be very, very dangerous for kids' mental health. Just look at Sweden.
25 years ago, we all watched Barbapapa.
Today, 25 years later, we elected Göran Persson into power.

Coincidence?

I think not.

I find it amusing that your Barbapapa folk look so similar to Lil Abner's Smoos. The only difference is that the Smoos didn't come in different colors, they were all White.

As Always
I Am the
Dirt Man

 

[shereads]

Do any of you Brits remember Danger Mouse? And his hamster sidekick, Penfold? Danger Mouse wore an eyepatch and was quite the debonair rodent.

 

[shereads]

Ah. Just found DM's webpage. I haven't heard the Danger Mouse theme song in years. He really is the fastest and the quickest and the best, just as the song says. Note the many explosions in the music.

http://www.dangermouse.org/what.html

I know you were all talking about the shows you grew up with, but I was in my second childhood (also called my marriage; we were high a lot so we watched anything that was colorful) when I discovered Danger Mouse. During the early 80's it was my favorite Brit import. Well, aside from Stilton and water crackers.




Here's a fairly good likeness of Danger Mouse and Penfold:

 

[shereads]

Re: Definition of Purgatory...

Doomed to remember:

The Smurf Song

You had Smurfs too? Did yours have American accents? Because our Smurfs were definitely Hollywood voice talent.

Who else thinks Baby Smurf was the love child of Papa Smurf and Smurfette? Remember she wore high heels out there in the woods?

Like I said, we watched a lot of cartoons. We were in a certain...frame of mind.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Ah. Just found DM's webpage. I haven't heard the Danger Mouse theme song in years. He really is the fastest and the quickest and the best, just as the song says. Note the many explosions in the music.

http://www.dangermouse.org/what.html

I know you were all talking about the shows you grew up with, but I was in my second childhood (also called my marriage; we were high a lot so we watched anything that was colorful) when I discovered Danger Mouse. During the early 80's it was my favorite Brit import. Well, aside from Stilton and water crackers.




Here's a fairly good likeness of Danger Mouse and Penfold:

He doesn't look much like Mighty Mouse, who wore a yellow costume. MM didn't have a sidekick either, at least not that I remember. He may have picked one up later on, though.

I think it's obvious that Baby Smurf was the child of Papa Smurf. Smurfette was the only female and, as the boss, he would have had first claim on her. The other males may have been envious and she might have sneaked around having affairs but she would have been careful that she didn't get knocked up from one of these affairs and Papa Smurf would not have been that careful. As a wizard and a scientist, he would have been able to tell if he was the father or not, and would have taken action if he was not.

 

[destinie21]

ok am I the only one who thginks of pops at the sight of danger mouse. It has to be the scotch

 

[shereads]

He doesn't look much like Mighty Mouse, who wore a yellow costume. MM didn't have a sidekick either, at least not that I remember. He may have picked one up later on, though.

Mighty Mouse was the first cartoon I remember. I always wondered what the big mean cat was going to do to Mighty Mouse's girlfriend. He kept cathing her and taking her away; if he was just going to eat her, then any mouse should have sufficed, wouldn't you think?

I couldn't have been more than three of four, but I'd feel kind of disappointed when Mighty Mouse would rescue her. I never got to find out what was supposed to happen after she got taken to the cat's lair...And I had a feeling that it would have been more fun than singing with Mighty Mouse.

Box, did you think Mighty Mouse was on steroids? He had that body-builder physique with huge torso and a tiny waste and then nothing. Definitely steroids and too much upper-body work. Good little opera singer, for a mouse.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Mighty Mouse was the first cartoon I remember. I always wondered what the big mean cat was going to do to Mighty Mouse's girlfriend. He kept cathing her and taking her away; if he was just going to eat her, then any mouse should have sufficed, wouldn't you think?

I couldn't have been more than three of four, but I'd feel kind of disappointed when Mighty Mouse would rescue her. I never got to find out what was supposed to happen after she got taken to the cat's lair...And I had a feeling that it would have been more fun than singing with Mighty Mouse.

Box, did you think Mighty Mouse was on steroids? He had that body-builder physique with huge torso and a tiny waste and then nothing. Definitely steroids and too much upper-body work. Good little opera singer, for a mouse.

I think he must have been on steroids, one of the pioneers in using them. As I recall, her name was Polly Pureheart or something like that and the cat villain was Oil Can Harry. He would always try to tie Polly to the railroad track or blow her up or some dumb thing like that. I don't know why he didn't just eat her either. I'm not sure of that girlfriend's name. Underdog had a girl with a similar name.

I hadn't thought of it before but MM was strictly platonic toward Polly. That would also show that he was on steroids because she was really cute.

 

[minsue]

Ah. Just found DM's webpage. I haven't heard the Danger Mouse theme song in years. He really is the fastest and the quickest and the best, just as the song says. Note the many explosions in the music.

http://www.dangermouse.org/what.html

I know you were all talking about the shows you grew up with, but I was in my second childhood (also called my marriage; we were high a lot so we watched anything that was colorful) when I discovered Danger Mouse. During the early 80's it was my favorite Brit import. Well, aside from Stilton and water crackers.




Here's a fairly good likeness of Danger Mouse and Penfold:

Danger Mouse was during my childhood and I had completely forgotten about watching those cartoons on Nickelodian! Thanks for the reminder Sher. I LOVED Danger Mouse!!

 

[lewdandlicentious]

Just so you don't all feel so old:

All the programs, less the very old ones are still being shown on various kids TV channels today. I know, I have young children.

The best "Magic Roundabout" was the original "A" side, (supposed "B" side) by Jasper Carrott.

"Funky Moped" my ass!!!!

Oh, and re: the poll, it was me.

Guilty m'lud.

*Me and my dey'vil-may-care attitude*

*Chuckles*

 

[shereads]

ok am I the only one who thginks of pops at the sight of danger mouse. It has to be the scotch

I had the same thought, sans scotch. Sexy eyepatch, isn't it?

 

[shereads]

Was Mighty Mouse on steroids?

You be the judge:

 

[SummerMorning]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Bananas in Pyjamas.

Why is it that we subject our kids to stupid rolemodels? Don't we want them to mature?

Children's programs can be very, very dangerous for kids' mental health. Just look at Sweden.
25 years ago, we all watched Barbapapa.
Today, 25 years later, we elected Göran Persson into power.

Coincidence?

I think not.

Oh! I remember this! I watched it when I was...er...

 

[TheEarl]

Ah. Just found DM's webpage. I haven't heard the Danger Mouse theme song in years. He really is the fastest and the quickest and the best, just as the song says. Note the many explosions in the music.

http://www.dangermouse.org/what.html

I know you were all talking about the shows you grew up with, but I was in my second childhood (also called my marriage; we were high a lot so we watched anything that was colorful) when I discovered Danger Mouse. During the early 80's it was my favorite Brit import. Well, aside from Stilton and water crackers.




Here's a fairly good likeness of Danger Mouse and Penfold:

See now mentioning Danger Mouse in a student conversation would get you a cacophony of cheers and a 20 minute discussion of just how great Danger Mouse was.

The Earl

 

[oggbashan]

Re: Re: Definition of Purgatory...

You had Smurfs too? Did yours have American accents? Because our Smurfs were definitely Hollywood voice talent.

Who else thinks Baby Smurf was the love child of Papa Smurf and Smurfette? Remember she wore high heels out there in the woods?

Like I said, we watched a lot of cartoons. We were in a certain...frame of mind.

If your Smurf Song was by Father Abraham then it's the same Smurfs.

They were used by one of the petrol (gas) station chains here.

Og

 

[shereads]

Re: Re: Re: Definition of Purgatory...

If your Smurf Song was by Father Abraham then it's the same Smurfs.

I'm afraid I don't remember the song, Og. I was watching the Smurfs during my Blue Period.

 

[minsue]

Re: Re: Re: Definition of Purgatory...

If your Smurf Song was by Father Abraham then it's the same Smurfs.

They were used by one of the petrol (gas) station chains here.

Og

I love a man who knows who did the Smurf song.